IT'S A BIG SHOCK FOR THE SMALL BAKER IN McCLEANY. WE'RE TOLD IT STARTED REQUEST A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARREST OF RUSSELL McDERMOTT WHO IS CHARGED WITH BATTERY ON HIS PREGNANT GIRL LAST NIGHT. NOW HIS FATHER, OREN McDERMOTT HAS ALSO BEEN ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH THREATENING TO SHOOT AND KILL SHERIFF DOBSON AND COUNTY JUDGE JOEY WILLIAMS. CHANNEL 4'S MARCUS WHITE JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM McCLEANY. MARCUS, HAVE INVESTIGATORS SAID HOW THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT THESE THREATS? YES, MARY. INVESTIGATORS ARE DETAILING HOW THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT THESE THREATS IN A REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED EARLIER TONIGHT. AND WE ARE LEARNING THAT OREN McDERMOTT DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH A YOUTH PASTOR IN THE AREA, AND HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO BLOW OFF THE HEAD OF THE SHERIFF HERE AND A COUNTY JUDGE. PEOPLE IN BAKER COUNTY ARE STUNNED. THEY CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT OREN McDERMOTT IS ACCUSED OF. IT IS SURPRISING. ANYWHERE IT'S SURPRISING. Reporter: AND THEY SAY THINGS LIKE THIS DON'T HAPPEN HERE IN A PLACE THAT THEY CALL QUIET. I MEAN IT'S A TOURIST TOWN. A POLICE REPORT SAYS THAT OREN McDERMOTT CAME TO THE NEW LIFE CHURCH AND WANTED TO SPEAK WITH THE PASTOR. THE PASTOR WASN'T AT THE CHURCH SO THE YOUTH PASTOR STARTED SPEAKING TO McDERMOTT AND SAID HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT FAMILY AND LIFE PROBLEMS AND SAID, QUOTE, HE WANTED JUSTICE AND FAMILY FOR HIMSELF AND HE COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE AND THAT HE WANTED TO KILL THE JUDGE AND COUNTY JUDGE WILLIAMS. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, McDERMOTT SAID THAT HE WASN'T JUST TALKING AND THAT HE WAS SERIOUS. McDERMOTT WAS ARRESTED AT HIS HOME NEAR McCLEANY AVENUE. HE ADMITTED HE WAS AT THE NEW LIFE CHURCH EARLIER IN THE DAY AND THAT HE DID SPEAK TO A PASTOR, BUT HE DIDN'T ADMIT TO MAKING THE THREATS. POLICE SAY THAT THE THREATS CAME THE DAY AFTER HIS SON RUSSELL McDERMOTT WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT ON A CHARGE OF DOMESTIC BATTERY ON HIS PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND. SHERIFF DOBBSON SAYS IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE DEALT

MACCLENNY, Fla. -

A Baker County man was arrested after deputies said he threatened to kill Sheriff Joey Dobson and County Judge Joey Williams.

Investigators said Oren McDermitt threatened to shoot Dobson (pictured below) and Williams after the arrest Thursday night of his son, Russell McDermitt, on a charge of domestic battery on his pregnant girlfriend.

Dobson said deputies have had issues with the McDermitts for years, and when Oren McDermitt learned of his son's arrest, he told a youth pastor at New Life Church that he would shoot both Dobson and Williams.

Oren McDermitt is charged with two counts of threatening to kill public officials, a felony. He was being held without bond pending first appearance Saturday.

Meanwhile, Russell McDermitt was re-arrested Friday for violating the conditions of his release on bond. Dobson said he returned to the girlfriend's home armed with a handgun.

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